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TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1989

ARRIVAL OF THE GOVERNOR IN GENEVA

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THE GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GENUINE REFUGEES,

FOR THE A STOPPAGE OF THE MASSIVE OUTFLOW FROM VIETNAM, ARRANGEMENTS PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO TO

VIETNAM IN A LEGAL AND IMPORTANtly, ORDERLY WAY, AND, VERY

ARRANGEMENTS TO SEND BACK TO VIETNAM PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GENUINE REFUGEES, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID YESTERDAY (MONDAY):

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"THOSE THINGS, ALL TOGETHER, NOW OR IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, ARE WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR. HE TOLD REPORTERS ON ARRIVAL IN GENEVA TO ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES DUE TO START TODAY (TUESDAY).

SIR DAVID SAID HE HOPED THE WORLD COMMUNITY WOULD FIRST OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEM FOR HONG KONG WAS.

ALL

"UP TO NOW, WE HAVE BEEN FACING A PROBLEM IN HONG KONG AND

VIRTUALLY WORLD AS A WHOLE HAS

DISREGARDED IT. THAT'S STAGE

THE

ONE.

ARE

"STAGE TWO IS ARRANGEMENTS FOR RESETTLEMENT OF PEOPLE WHO GENUINE REFUGEES.

T

VIETNAM

THEM STAGE THREE, AND THE HARDEST OF

ALL, IS MAKING PEOPLE REALISE THAT PART OF THE SOLUTION MUST BE RETURNING PEOPLE TO WHO ARE NOT GENUINE REFUGEES".

THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT BILATERAL TALKS WOULD BE HELD WITH

THE

VIETNAMESE.

'I EXPECT SIN GEOFFREY HOWE ΤΟ HAVE A LIKE ΤΟ BE VIETNAMESE FOREIGN MINISTER, I WOULD VIETNAMESE FOREIGN MINISTER MYSELF.

MEETING

TO ABLE

THE WITH

SEE THE

MUCH

VIETNAMESE

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION, SIR DAVID SAID THAT HE WOULD VERY

THE LIKE THE UNITED STATES TO UNDERSTAND THE REALITIES OF BOAT PEOPLE PROBLEM.

COMES TO NORTH

"THE REALITIES ARE, FIRST, THAT NEARLY EVERYBODY WHO HONG KONG DOESN'T WANT TO COME TO HONG KONG. THEY WANT TO GO TO AMERICA. ABOVE ALL, THEY WANT TO GO TO THE UNITED STATES.

UNITED STATES "BUT THOSE DOORS ARE CLOSED TO THEM BECAUSE THE SAYS THAT MOST OF THESE PEOPLE DON'T QUALIFY TO GO TO THE STATES,

OF PEOPLE

SETTING OUT ON A

"SO WE HAVE A TRAGIC SITUATION JOURNEY TO NOWHERE, THEY WON'T GET TO THEIR DESTINATION.

"SECONDLY,

THAT FACING

REALITY AND

REALISING THAT GENUINELY HUMANE THING TO DO IS TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THESE TO GO BACK TO VIETNAM WITHOUT BEING PENALISED.

THE PEOPLE

"THAT IS GENUINELY HUMANE, FAR BETTER THAN BEING MONTHS OR YEARS IN DETENTION CENTRES, SIR DAVID SAID.

CONFINED FOR

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